Women and nutrition have always been the two sides of the coin, as her nutritional status right from the time she is born and throughout her life cycle has a very crucial role to play. Much research has been undertaken on various age groups with a lot of focus on nutritional supplements, fortifiers, and various National Health Programmes that cater to this particular group in the population. It won't be wrong to say that women have always been viewed as vulnerable as far as their nutritional status is concerned because, throughout their entire lifetime, they undergo numerous changes, the most crucial and important being pregnancy and the postnatal period. This paper is written to conceptualize the perception of women, the typical choices they make during the postnatal period, and their perspective in defending these choices. Though it has a lot to do with the cultural influences that have flown down from one generation to the next, it is related to child-rearing practices. A balanced diet is required by the postnatal mother to fulfill the body's demands as well as nourish the newborn through breast milk. The energy requirements & demand also vary with the mode of delivery, hence there are operational guidelines listed by the Government of India through various Health Schemes for these mothers. Though the guidelines state Recommended Dietary Allowances, and awareness, and education are provided to the mothers, their choices & preferences revolve a lot around their cultural practices & influences which may lack pieces of evidence. This could be one reason for statistical pieces of evidence of malnutrition in the under-five age group or cases of iron deficiencies bearing a direct impact on maternal and newborn health. According National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 21.2% of women are undernourished which in turn has an effect in the postnatal period. The present study tries to conceptualize the dietary perception, choices the women, and mothers make during the postnatal period and their reasons for doing so. Materials & Methods: A qualitative approach was utilized, the study population was women, care caretakers of postnatal mothers, and study was conducted in a community setting catering to rural & urban areas. Data was collected for a period of 12 months, Focused group discussions & 21 In-depth Interviews were conducted. The questionnaire consisted of guiding questions that were open-ended in nature and were asked as per the experiences shared. Inclusion criteria included women who have given care to postnatal women, above the age of 40 years. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted. Result & Conclusion: Interviews & FGDs were recorded, and transcribed, the codes, sub-themes & themes generated will bring to us an understanding of the influences the dietary habits have on lactating women. Themes emergent such as Preference for a liquid diet, porridge, good foods, hot foods, cold foods, avoidance of non-vegetarian food, certain pulses, gas-producing foods, etc., affecting the mother & baby have been dealt with in detail. The discussions generated will help in planning culturally sensitive & implementation of evidence-based practices in providing choice-based nutritional food & menu plans for lactating mothers.